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TABLE SHOWING WELD 



SEEDS GERMINATED IN FEEDS. 



Sta. 

 No. 



No. weed seeds sprouted per bag 

 (100 lbs. of feed) 



Principal kinds of weed seeds sprouted 



2602 



VIGO CORN AND OATS 

 FEED 





2594 

 2906 



POULTRY SCRATCH 

 FEEDS 

 680,400 



Pigweed, foxtails, some flax 



2713 



BRAN 





2812 

 2868 



72,576 



Pigweed 



2987 







2024 







2958 

 2989 



MIDDLINGS 

 27,216 



Foxtails, pigweed 



2025 







2858 



MIXED FEED 





2863 







2870 



2887 



18,144 



Wild buckwheat 



2914 







2923 



' 





2927 

 2938 



45 ,360 



Corn cockle 



2941 







2961 







2998 







3000 



27,216 



Foxtails 



GERMINATION HINDERED BY MOLD. 



It was thought that the first trial of 5 days was not con- 

 clusive on account of the growth of the mold, which might in 

 itself prevent the growth of the seed, or indirectly, by necessi- 

 tating too short a period, in this way prevent its growth. In 

 order to determine whether or not more seeds would germinate 

 if the mold was lessened or prevented, several trials were made 

 with the result that a number of the brands of feeds which 

 showed no germination in the first test did, under more favor- 

 able conditions, sprout numbers of the weed seeds which they 

 contained. In making these trials in one case the weed seeds 

 contained in one gram of the feed were separated from the rest 

 of the feed and germinated in small Petrie dishes; and in the 

 other cases two grams of the feed were moistened with a dilute 

 solution of formaldehyde (1 part 40 per cent formaldehyde in 

 400 parts water) and then germinated in the Geneva germi- 

 nator. These results are tabulated on the next page. 



